jhartshorn wrote:
Oh I see.
Stunning stadium. Knew it from falcons. I assumed it was uga home. There only seem to be uga fans there. Where's auburn then? Also in Georgia?
THE Auburn University (best school ever) is in the lovely state of Alabama.
A bit of random info dump for you:
Auburn and Alabama are the biggest rivals in college football. They're both in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and both have histories of being really good. In recent history, Alabama has been the better team, but I guess that's just what happens when you have the best college football coach ever. Seriously. I hate the University of Alabama, but I have the utmost respect for Nick Saban. Anyways, the teams have been really big rivals and are in the same division of the SEC. They play once a year in the Iron Bowl. You should look it up, it has a really interesting history, and I believe there are some great documentaries about it and the two teams' massive (and occasionally dangerous) rivalry.
The Conference Championship games and Conference winners are determined by their records playing within the Conference. Auburn had one loss in conference play (6-1) and Alabama had zero (7-0). When Auburn beat Alabama in the Iron Bowl this year, their conference records became the same (7-1), giving Auburn the head-to-head advantage in the tiebreaker. That's why Auburn, who had a 10-2 total record, was in the Conference Championship ahead of Alabama, who had a 11-1 total record.
Auburn was ranked higher than Alabama and Georgia (until yesterday) because Auburn was both teams' only loss.
The Playoff Top 4 look like this now: 1. Clemson, 2. Oklahoma, 3. Georgia, 4. Alabama.
Teams will play in Bowl games now, which are meaningless games that any team with a winning record gets to play in. They don't affect Conference record or anything like that. It's just a chance for most of the teams to get to play on national television and to see how good teams would perform against each other. Teams get matched up with other teams that are ranked similarly and such.